Criminal Justice Studies at Colorado Mesa University

Every criminal justice studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice studies program at Colorado Mesa University stacks up to those at other schools.

Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and approximately 9,110 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Colorado Mesa Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Colorado Mesa Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Colorado Mesa University.

Colorado Mesa Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Colorado Mesa in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Colorado Mesa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado Mesa University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colorado Mesa also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado Mesa University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,320	$103,500
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	430	$62,040

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cygnusloop99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.